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Historical Archive: Nativity of Christ, Annunciation to/Adoration of the Shepherds


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Sancta Sanctorum reliquary box, Syria/Palestine, late 6th-early 7th c. This work has its own page.
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Byzantine marriage ring, gold/niello, 7th c., DO BZ.1947.15, which has its own page
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mosaic from the oratory of Pope John VII in St. Peter’s, Rome, Joseph from the Nativity, c.705, Pushkin
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Nativity and Adoration of the Magi, ivory pyxis, Trier? late 8th-9th c., KHM X42. This work has its own page.
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Harrach diptych, ivory with glass c.800, Schn 1012, which has its own page
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center panel, left and middle: Werden Casket panels, ivory, early 9th c.?, V&A 149-, 149A-, 149B-1866
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Resurrection/Nativity, ivory late 9th-early 10th c., Vat 64477
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pendant reliquary, Constantinople 10th-11th c., BM AF.354, which has its own page
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Reliquary icon: frame silver gilt on wood, Constantinople 11th-12th c.; Nativity ivory, Venice?, 12th/13th c.; conversion to reliquary with horn 14th/15th-c. Germany. Louvre OA 11399. This work has its own page.
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reliquary, sides bone, top ivory, c.1000-1050, Schn B159. For details see Schn.
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Bernward Doors, bronze, Hildesheim 1007-15. This work has its own page with details.
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lintel center, right: Chartres west façade center, lower parts of towers 1140s-c.1150. For more views see Chartres.
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ivory crozier head, Annunciation to the Shepherds, center: Nativity, c.1150-70, V&A 218-1865. For other views see V&A.
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Novgorod cathedral doors, bronze, prob. 1152-54. The doors have their own page.
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Pisa Cathedral doors (original), bronze, Bonannus of Pisa c.1180. This work has its own page, in cathedral complex
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Pisa Cathedral doors (copy), bronze, Bonannus of Pisa c.1180. This work has its own page, in cathedral complex
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Nicola Pisano pulpit 1260, Pisa baptistery, which has its own page, in cathedral complex
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Joseph from Nativity mosaic 1260-75, Baptistery of St. John, Florence. This work has its own pages.
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Shepherds from Nativity mosaic 1260-75, Baptistery of St. John, Florence. This work has its own pages.
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St. Peter altarpiece, Saint Peter Master or Guido da Siena/Guido di Graziano, 1280s. SPN 15. This work has its own page.
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Giovanni Pisano pulpit 1302-10, which has its own page with details, in Pisa cathedral
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Nativity with Isaiah and Ezechiel, Duccio 1308/1311, NGA 1937.1.8. This work has its own page.
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Hours of Jeanne d'Evreux, Jean Pucelle c.1324-28, Met 54.1.2, which has its own page.
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Virgin and Child base, 1334, Cathedral of Saint Étienne, Sens. This object has its own page.
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Infancy and Passion diptych (detail), ivory, Paris 1350-75, PMA 1921-20-1. This object has its own page.
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life of Christ: Baptistery, cathedral of Padua, 1376 paintings: Giusto de' Menabuoi. This work has its own pages.
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center left and right: Life of Christ, ivory diptych, late 14th c., MAAB
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upper right: reliquary with pilgrim/secular badges, wood and tin alloy, late 14-early 15th c., Tournai ND. This work has its own page.
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St. Nicholas' robe: Giovanni di Paolo 1453, St. Nicholas polyptych, SPN inv. 173, which has its own page
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Life of Mary polyptych from Hamburg cathedral, Absolon Stumme 1499, MNW Śr. 432. This work has its own page.
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pendant with life of Christ, silver? and ivory, Athos 16th c., Schn B122
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pea-pod prayer beads, boxwood, Adam Dircksz workshop, c.1500-35, KGM F 2497. For other views see Berlin.
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Annunciation, Nativity, Shepherds triptych, enamel, frame gilt copper on wood with traces polychrome and gilding, early 16th c. Limoges, Master of the Large Foreheads, PMA 1930-1-62
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Annunciate angel: enamel triptych, early 16th c. Limoges, Master of the Large Foreheads, PMA 1930-1-62
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Nativity, Shepherds: enamel triptych, early 16th c. Limoges, Master of the Large Foreheads, PMA 1930-1-62
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related: Christ child with closing eyes, wax and cloth, 1773 gift to Louise de France from her sister Victoire, MAHSD
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related: Christ child with closing eyes, wax and cloth, 1773 gift to Louise de France from her sister Victoire, MAHSD